Édouard Manet - Fishing boat coming in before the wind 1864
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Fishing boat coming in before the wind. The Kearsarge in Boulogne 1864
99x81cm oil/canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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From Metropolitan Museum of Art:
During the American Civil War, the United States warship Kearsarge made headlines after sinking the Confederate raider Alabama off the coast of France. Manet did not witness firsthand the widely-covered event but devoted two paintings to the subject: a scene of the naval battle (Philadelphia Museum of Art) and this picture, prompted by his subsequent visit to the victorious ship at anchor near Boulogne. They were his first depictions of a current event.